Amano is a good artist I admit, but it doesn't surprise me one bit he never played the games. One thing I never liked about his art (even though he clearly has talent) is that it looks nothing like who it's supposed to be half the time. Bartz is given white hair, and a femine expression, Locke wears a bowler hat even though he never does in the game, and everyone is wearing a completly different outfit. I get that he's adaptating sprites into somewhat realistic portraits, but even the colors of the clothing isn't correct half the time.